disastrous effect

collocation in English

meaningsofdisastrousandeffect

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disastrous
adjective
uk
/dɪˈzɑː.strəs/us
/dɪˈzæs.trəs/
extremely bad ...
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effect
noun
uk
/ɪˈfekt/us
/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofdisastrousandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And nowhere is the morality of strike action by doctors, and itsdisastrouseffecton morale really dealt with.
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Cetshwayo apparently tried to re-instate this ban at one point todisastrouseffect.
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All of these women imagined that informing their parents about the pregnancy would result in somedisastrouseffecton the parents themselves, 'they would die of shock'.
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If he is going to bring discussions of the judiciary into the legislature in its early stages, it will have adisastrouseffect.
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Many researchers claim that that pesticide has adisastrouseffecton infant crustacea, with serious consequences for our static gear fishermen.
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Quotas have adisastrouseffectupon an industry.
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That attitude has had adisastrouseffect, especially upon less able children and upon primary education.
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The closure of small shops, particularly the specialist shops, will also have adisastrouseffecton our tourist industry.
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That has a very bad psychological effect upon the boy, and adisastrouseffectupon the whole atmosphere of the family.
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That is having adisastrouseffecton our young academics and our universities.
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It is completely idle to pretend that that has not already had adisastrouseffecton production.
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Therefore, such a decision would have had adisastrouseffecton the industry in this country.
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We are not concerned only with the selling of council houses, although that has had adisastrouseffecton inner city policy.
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It was not a handgun, but it had the samedisastrouseffect.
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Its breakdown over the past 30 years— in barely a generation, since the early 1960s— has had an absolutelydisastrouseffect.
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It has had adisastrouseffecton the north-east, where it contributed directly to a cutback in industrial training and to an increase in unemployment.
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He said that lower interest rates would stimulate demand, have adisastrouseffecton inflation and widen the trade gap.
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What will suffer will be what teachers call the "bread and butter" items, and this will have adisastrouseffecton the education of children.
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I can remember feeling very doubtful about party plan selling, although that has not had the samedisastrouseffectas pyramid selling.
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